Try The London Bar That’s Dedicated To All Things Cheese

Guy Parsons

10 Jan 2018

It doesn’t get cheddar than this: London has its very own cheese bar.

This venue is practically a pilgrimage for any Londoner with a fixing for fromage; truly, a Mecca of mozzarella. A bitesize bar on the edge of Camden Stables Market, The Cheese Bar is the permanent home of the Cheddar-loving chums behind London’s street food sensation The Cheese Truck.

Photo: The Cheese Bar LDN

It’s compact enough that seating is either around the kitchen counter, or on a long, shared banqueting table – not the perfect place for an incriminating gossip, but you’ll likely be too busy tucking in for much chit-chat.

For starters and shareable plates, you can order a Marmite malakoff (those are balls of fried cheese, duh), sinfully gooey mozzarella sticks and grilled ‘angloumi’, an English take on halloumi. (And if you’re really taking things to extremes, you can order… a cheeseboard!)

For a quick but utterly satiating snack, The Cheese Bar still bangs out the classic grilled cheese sandwiches that their street food truck perfected.

Photo: @TheCheeseBarLDN

The sharp wine list is designed to refresh and cut through the cheesy onslaught, and staff are happy to recommend the appropriate glass to complement your Stilton sarnie. Desserts, meanwhile, include a gin’n’tonic sorbet, or, for those who simply don’t know when to stop, cheesecake.

And that’s not all. In the winter months, The Cheese Bar goes all gooey with FONDUE THURSDAYS, evening dining sessions dedicated to the art of melting cheese, dunking stuff in it, and going directly to heaven.

Photo: @TheCheeseBarLDN

In the summer, a small terrace catches the sun in the afternoons, and is a nice enough perch to watch the tourists totter through Camden.